JPH035263A - Carwashing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To accurately coat wax on a tire without need of a special tire sensor by parking a vehicle on the carwash position so as to place the tire on a tire guide, and inputting the tire position on the tire guide with a partition number of the tire guide. CONSTITUTION:A gate type carwash machine body 3 which can run reciprocatingly on rails 2 with a running device, is provided with a top brush 12 and side brushes 13 for washing a vehicle, and tire wax nozzles 16 for coating wax on tires. In this case, a tire guide 17 is provided along the running direction A of the carwash machine body 3 on the carwash position of a vehicle to be parked. The tire guide 17 is partitioned in line into a plurality of partitions, and respective partitions are given numbers in order from the position close to the home position of the carwashing machine 3. The stopping position of the carwashing machine 3 is controlled so that the partition number of a tire position of the front wheel of a vehicle driving on the tire guide 17 at carwashing is brought to input from an operation plane 7, and wax coating on the tire is carried out.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION The present invention relates to a portal-shaped car wash machine that is installed, for example, in a gas station and that runs on its own to wash cars.

2. Description of the Related Art One of the functions of the above-mentioned conventional car wash machines is the function of waxing tires. In this tire waxing function mode, the car wash machine is running, and when the front tire is detected by a sensor such as a limit switch or photodetector that is activated by the contact of the tire, the car wash machine is stopped and the tire is removed. Operate the wax solenoid to open the pulp of the pressurized wax supply pipe, and spray wax from the tire wax nozzle to apply wax to the tire.
The machine was run again and the rear tires were being waxed in the same way.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the conventional car wash machine, in the tire waxing function mode, there is a problem that the tire cannot be properly waxed unless the vehicle is parked directly against the car wash machine body. there were.

In order to solve this problem, a device for detecting the inside of the car is attached to the car wash machine, and while the car wash machine is running, the inside of the car is detected by this device. , an alarm was issued to the car wash machine itself, prompting it to stop and correct the direction in which the car was parked. However, this solution requires the operator to correct the direction in which the car is parked, which is time-consuming and requires additional equipment such as an in-vehicle detection device, which increases costs.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and aims to provide a car wash machine that can always perform normal tire waxing without much effort and can reduce costs.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the car wash machine of the present invention has a gate-shaped car wash machine body that can freely travel back and forth on the footpath, and a tire wax that applies wax to the tires of cars parked at the car wash position. A nozzle and a tire wax supply means for supplying wax to the tire wax nozzle are provided, and a number 1 is attached to the car wash position along the running direction of the car wash machine main body.
A tire guide is provided, which has rows of compartments, guides the car to enter the car wash position, and on which the car tires are placed, and the car wash machine body has a tire guide that guides the car to enter the car wash position and the tire position of the car placed on the tire guide. an input means for inputting the number of the section of the guide;
The distance from the tire wax nozzle position to each section of the tire guide when the car wash machine main body is at the stop position is stored in advance, and when the tire position of the car is input by the number of the section from the input means, the tire wax nozzle position is stored in advance. Find the distance from the wax nozzle position to the entered section and clean this distance.
! The vehicle is caused to travel by the main body of the machine, and after the end of travel, the tire wax supplying means is driven for a predetermined period of time to apply wax to the tires from the tire wax nozzle.

Effect With the above configuration, when the car is parked at the car wash position so that the tires are placed on the tire guide, and the tire position of the tire guide is inputted by the input means using the section number of the tire guide, the control means controls the car wash machine main body. Search for the distance from the tire wax nozzle position to the entered tire guide section when it is at the stop position (home position), run the car wash machine main body this distance, and after running, set the tire wax supply means to the specified position. It is time-driven and waxes the tires from the tire wax nozzle.

Example Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a control block diagram of the car wash machine of the present invention.

The control device 1 is built into a car wash machine main body 3 that can freely travel back and forth on a rail (-ashigaru road) 2 by means of a traveling device, as shown in FIG.
It is composed of a microcomputer consisting of
Judgments are made by inputting various operation signals a from the operation unit 7 provided on the front side of the car wash machine body 1 and various detection signals a from the sensor system 8, and transmitting control signals C to the drive system 10 such as the traveling device 9.
It outputs and controls the movement of the entire car wash machine body 3.

The car wash main body 3 is provided with a well-known top brush 12 and side brush 13 for washing the car 11, a top nozzle 14 for drying the car 11, a side nozzle 15, etc., and also for applying wax to the tires of the car 11. A tire wax nozzle 16 is provided at the level of the tire of the vehicle 11 and toward the tire.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a tire guide 17 is provided at the car wash position where the car 4111 to be washed is parked along the traveling direction A of the car wash main body 3.
As shown in FIG. 4, it is divided into a plurality of sections (nfIU) in one row, and each section has a parking position for the car wash machine main body 3. They are numbered in order from the one closest to (home position). When the car is driven into 11 tire guide 17, car 1
The front tires and the rear tires of the tire guide 17 are located in different sections of the tire guide 17, respectively. Control the position of this tire by the compartment number tM]1! A numeric keypad switch 18 is provided on the operation surface 7 for inputting information to the computer 1.

The drive system 10 is also provided with a tire wax solenoid 19 that supplies pressurized wax to the tire wax nozzle 16 by opening and closing the pulp. i Trade 9, for example, a pulse generator 20 attached to a traveling motor is provided, and traveling @@
When the main body 3 of the car wash machine 9 is running, pulses are output to the control IT device 3.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 21 indicates a power source for the wJ control device 1. As shown in FIG.

The tire waxing operation of the wJ control device 1 having the above configuration will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The storage unit 6 of the control J@position 1 stores the distance from the position of the tire wax nozzle 16 to the center of each section of the tire guide 17 when the car wash main body 1 is at the stop position, and the pulse count of the pulse generator 20. The number is stored in advance.

First, check that the tire waxing mode is input in step F-1>.If it is not the tire waxing mode, end the process.If the tire waxing mode is selected, the section number of the front tire position When input, step F-2), search for the count number from the input section number to the front tire position.Step F-3), when the section number of the rear tire position is input (step F-4), search the count number from the input section number to the rear tire position (step F-4).
-5). Next, when the start mode is input (step F-6), a travel command signal is output to the traveling device 9, step F-7>, and pulse counting from the pulse generator 20 is started (step F-8). ). When the count number of running and the count number up to the tire position of the front wheels match (step F-9>, a drive stop command signal is output to the travel device 9 (step l"-10), the tire wax solenoid 19 Open) command is output (steps F-11 to F-13). By the above operation, the car wash main body 3 moves forward and stops so that the tire wax nozzle 16 faces in front of the front tire, and wax is applied to the front tire from the tire wax nozzle 16.

When the predetermined time has elapsed, the pulse generator 2 outputs a travel command signal to the travel device 9 again (step F-14).
Restart pulse counting from 0 (step F-1
5). When the running count and the count to the rear tire position match (step F-16), a running stop command signal is output to running@1if9.Step F1
7), Tire wax solenoid 19 Heon (
Open) command is output (steps F-18 to F-20>).

By the above operation, the car wash main body 3 moves forward again and stops so that the tire wax nozzle 16 faces in front of the rear tire, and wax is applied to the rear tire from the tire wax nozzle 16.

When a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the traveling device 98 outputs the traveling command signal again in step F-21>, and when it is detected that it has reached the end point 1, the pulse generator 2
When the pulse signal of 0 is no longer input (step F-22
>, a traveling stop command signal is output to the traveling bag [19] (step F-23). By the above operation, the car wash machine main body 1 travels to the end position and stops.

In this way, by inputting the tire position of the car 11 using the section number of the tire guide 17 before starting, the tires can be waxed, and the tire guide 17
By guiding the car 11 into the car, the car 11 is always parked directly in relation to the car wash machine body 1, so there is no need to correct the parking position, and there is no need to adjust the parking position. No equipment is required, and costs can be reduced.

In this embodiment, the pulses of the pulse generator 20 are counted to control the running time of the car wash main body 3, but it is also possible to control the running of the car wash main body 3 based on the running time.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, by parking the car so that the tires are placed on the tire guide, the car is always parked straight with respect to the car wash machine body, which is not necessary in the past. This makes it possible to eliminate the need for an in-vehicle detection device, and eliminate the need to correct the parking position of the car. Furthermore, by inputting the tire position of the tire guide using the tire guide section number using the input means, it is possible to wax the tires correctly, which eliminates the need for sensors to detect tires, which was required in the past, and reduces costs. can be reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 5 show an embodiment of the car wash machine of the present invention. Figure 1 is a control block diagram, Figure 2 is a front view, and Figure 3 shows the car wash (parking) position. FIG. 4 is a plan view of the tire guide, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart explaining the tire waxing operation of the control I device. 1... Control WJ device (control means), 2... Rail (-
Ashigaruji), 3... Car wash machine body, 11... Car, 16.
...Tire wax nozzle, 17...Tire guide,
18... Numeric keypad switch (input means), 19...
Tire wax solenoid (tire wax supply means)
.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A gate-shaped car wash machine that can freely travel back and forth on a fixed route is equipped with a tire wax nozzle that applies wax to the tires of cars parked at the car wash position, and a tire wax supply means that supplies wax to the tire wax nozzle. A numbered row of compartments are provided at the car wash position along the running direction of the car wash machine body, and the car tires are placed thereon to guide the car when entering the car wash position. A tire guide is provided, and an input means for inputting the tire position of a car placed on the tire guide in the car wash machine main body using a section number of the tire guide; The distance from the wax nozzle position to each section of the tire guide is memorized, and when the tire position of the car is input using the section number from the input means, the distance from the tire wax nozzle position to the input section is searched. The car wash machine is provided with a control means for driving the tire wax supply means for a predetermined period of time to apply wax to the tires from the tire wax nozzle after the car wash machine main body travels this distance.